It started when Governor Christie killed a spider that was terrorizing a group of schoolchildren during a visit to his office.

PETA denounced this act as thoughtless.

“He probably did it without thinking,” said Ingrid Newkirk, president of People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals.

The New Jersey Republican smashed the unlucky arachnid with his hand and then crushed it with his foot, as his daughter Bridget’s 4th grade class dropped by his office.

Christie joked with the kids that killing spiders was a great part of his job.

“That’s another fun part of being Governor,” he said. “You see bugs on your desk you’re allowed to kill them, and I get in trouble.”

That’s when the “trouble” began. Christie was so upset about PETA’s reaction , that he went around New Jersey looking for spiders to kill.

“He was out-of-control,” said a source in the Governor’s office. “He just went spider hunting. Trying to kill as many as possible. We are concerned. It seems to be an obsession now.”

President Obama had to comfort a woman who lost her entire spider collection – over 3,000 rare spiders – when Christie came in and stomped them all to death.

Christie told reporters that he has always hated spiders and that if he can rid New Jersey of ALL spiders, he’d be happy. “I want New Jersey to be a Spider-Free State. Spiders better think twice before coming here.”

Here’s one guy that’s not happy about it:

But Christie isn’t worried about Spider Man, “I’ll crush him too. Stomp him into oblivion.